Bachelor of Arts in Management

A comprehensive undergraduate degree program preparing students for success as business
leaders.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

The bachelor of arts in management provides a solid foundation in essential management
concepts, techniques, communication, and organizational behavior. Students will learn
to organize, motivate, and lead individuals in diverse public and private business
enterprises. The bachelor of arts provides preparation for success at the master's
level in programs such as the master of science degrees in human resource management,
integrated marketing communications, the master of arts in psychology, and the master
of public administration.

With an emphasis on developing skills for leaders in the business environment, the
bachelors in management provides a solid foundation in essential management concepts
and techniques, communication, and organizational behavior. Our faculty help teach
students to organize, motivate, and lead individuals in diverse public and private
business enterprises.

Our flexible course of study is designed to maximize the number of transfer credits
counted toward the degree, so the bachelors in management can facilitate accelerated
degree completion. Students can focus their skill set by selecting of concentrations
specifically designed to support their professional goals.

The bachelors in management provides preparation for success at the master's level
in a variety of programs. Our nationally-recognized eLearning programs allows students
to pursue an online degree, regardless of distance from our teaching centers. When
pursuing an online degree, students still can connect with professors and even research
our library electronic reserves from anywhere; we believe distance shouldn't hinder
degree completion.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who complete the BA in Management, including the General Education program,
will be able to:

Analyze data and argument, as informed by interdisciplinary approaches to business
management and organizational leadership.

Demonstrate advanced communication skills.

Recognize the need for information in professional and business contexts and to responsibly
access, evaluate and apply information using a wide variety of research tools.

GENERAL ELECTIVES -- 51 UNITS

Students who do not choose a concentration must take eleven additional upper- or lower-division
courses for a total of 51 units.

A cumulative grade-point average of 2.00 (C) or higher is required in all courses
taken at Golden Gate University, as well as in the courses designated "Required for
the Major." Prerequisites to a course, if any, are shown in the course descriptions.
All degree-seeking undergraduate students must complete their English, mathematics,
and critical thinking basic proficiency requirements within their first 27 units at
Golden Gate University. Placement tests must be taken prior to enrolling in ENGL 10A,
10B or 1A and MATH 10, 20 or 30 to ensure proper placement in the sequences.

General Concentration -- 51 Units

Seventeen additional upper- or lower-courses for a total of 51 units.

Human Resource Management Concentration -- 51 units

A focused concentration designed to groom undergraduate management students for Human
Resource leadership.

A concentration in Human Resource Management allows management students a chance to
hone their skills in HR and staffing. Students will learn new methods to find and
develop employees who are innovative, well-trained, utilized, and compensated and
are the type of people who will lead their companies to competitive advantage. Students
will obtain a versatile skill set that will serve them in making decisions about topics
like training, compensation, and recruitment.

Electives 36 units

Information Technology Concentration -- 51 units

A technical concentration designed to train undergraduate management students to stay
on the cutting edge of tech trends in the workplace.

The convergence of people, business and information is the driving force in the marketplace
today. As the world becomes more dependent on the integration of these areas, individuals
who have the knowledge to skillfully navigate the incorporation of this thinking in
business will be on the cutting edge and a valuable asset to any company.

Electives -- 36 units

Marketing Concentration -- 51 units

A comprehensive concentration designed to prepare undergraduate management students
for work in the marketing field.

Marketing professionals must understand their market and their customers, and possess
the skills to design and deliver valuable products and services. This concentration
provides the student with the fundamentals and the basic toolkit every quality marketing
professional should have.

One of the following:

Electives 36 units

Public Administration Concentration -- 51 units

A customizable concentration designed to train undergraduate management students on
the recent changes and developments in the field of public policy.

Today's public administrators have to deliver public services in close coordination
and partnership with businesses and community-based organizations, domestically and
internationally. Thus, there is a compelling need to deepen the student's critical
understanding of governance institutions, policy-makers, legal and regulatory processes,
business-government-civil society relations, as well as ethics, accountability, and
anti-corruption strategies.

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ALUMNI VOICES

"I never thought I would return to school. Graduating from GGU on the dean's list
has given me an amazing sense of accomplishment, as well as the skills and confidence
I need to one day open my own business."

Heidi Lee, BAM 09

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FEATURED COURSE

UGP 100 is designed to help returning adult learners succeed. Students develop approaches
for self-learning and exploration, and create a personal academic plan showing the
exact courses needed for each term until graduation.